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{{Short description|Ethnic group from South Asia}}
{{Short description|Tribe of Kuki people}}
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'''Thadou people''' and are an indigenous tribe of [[Kuki people]] inhabiting [[Northeast India]], [[Myanmar|Burma]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Israel]].

{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Thadou people, Thadou te, Thadou tribe
| group = Thadou people
| native_name = Thadou people
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = lus
| native_name_lang = lus
| image = Thadou dress.jpg
| image = Thadou dress.jpg
| caption = Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
| caption = Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
| population = 229,000–313,000 in India{{sfnp|Census of India, Language|2018|pp=40, 48}}
| population = 229,340<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42458/download/46089/C-16_25062018.pdf |title=Language |year=2011 |website=Census of India}}</ref>
| region1 = {{flag|India}}
| region1 = [[India]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Bangladesh]]
| pop1 = [[Manipur]], [[Mizoram]], [[Assam]], [[Nagaland]],[[Tripura]]
| pop1 = [[Manipur]], [[Nagaland]], [[Assam]], [[Mizoram]], [[Tripura]]
| region2 = {{flag|Israel}}
| languages = [[Thadou language|Thadou]]
| pop2 = N/A
| region3 = {{flag|Myanmar}}
| pop3 = N/A
| region4 = {{nbsp|10}} [[File:Flag of Chin State.svg|20px]] [[Chin State]]
| pop4 = N/A
| region5 = {{nbsp|10}}
[[File:Flag of Sagaing Region (2019).svg|20px]] [[Sagaing Region]]
| pop5 = N/A
| languages = [[Thadou language]]
| religions = Predominantly [[Protestantism]] ([[Baptist]]) and [[Catholicism]]; very small minority [[Judaism]] ([[Bnei Menashe]])
| religions = Predominantly [[Protestantism]] ([[Baptist]]) and [[Catholicism]]; very small minority [[Judaism]] ([[Bnei Menashe]])
| related_groups = [[Zo people]] {{·}} [[Chin people|Chin]] {{·}} [[Tedim people|Zomi]] {{·}} [[Kuki people|Kuki]] {{·}} [[Mara people|Mara]] {{·}} [[Bnei Menashe]], [[Ranglong]]
| related_groups = [[Zo people]] {{·}} [[Chin people|Chin]] {{·}} [[Kuki people|Kuki]] {{·}} [[Mara people|Mara]] {{·}} [[Bnei Menashe]], [[Ranglong]] {{·}} [[Mizo people|Mizo]]
}}
}}


'''Thadou people''', also called '''Thadou Kukis''', are the [[Thadou language]]-speaking [[Kuki people]] inhabiting [[Northeast India]], [[Myanmar|Burma]], [[Bangladesh]]. "Thadou" is also the name of a particular clan among the Thadou Kukis. Other clans include Haokip, Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.<ref>
[[Thadou language|Thadou]] is a Language of the [[Kuki-Chin languages]].
{{citation |last=Shaw |first=William |title=Notes on the Thadou Kukis |year=1929 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500398 |publisher=Government of Assam |ref={{sfnref|Shaw, Notes on the Thadou Kukis|1929}} |via=archive.org}}

</ref>{{sfnp|Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace|2012|p=95}}{{sfnp|Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity|2012}}
Thadou tribe is one of the largest tribe among Kuki/Zo community and Thadou language is one of the most spoken language among All Kuki-Zo communities and is the second most spoken language in Manipur after Meitei.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

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==Distribution==
Thadou populations have been reported in [[India]], [[Myanmar|Burma]], [[Israel]] and [[Bangladesh]] — and in [[India]] populations have settled in largest in [[Manipur]] and smaller numbers in [[Nagaland]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]] and [[Delhi]].{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==Clans==
Thadou Tribe has multiple clans and the major clans are as below •


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== Distribution ==
{{div col}}
According to the 2011 census of India, there are 229,340 Thadou language-speakers in the country. The vast majority of them (97.6%) are in the state of [[Manipur]].{{sfnp|Census of India, Language|2018|p=48}} Within Manipur, they make up the largest single tribe, forming about 19% of all its [[Scheduled Tribes]].<ref>
*Lupho
{{citation |title=Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif |first1=Jean |last1=Michaud |first2=Margaret Byrne |last2=Swain |first3=Meenaxi |last3=Barkataki-Ruscheweyh |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2016 |isbn=9781442272798 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZksDQAAQBAJ |page=244}}
*Lupheng
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*Misao
There are also significant numbers of Thadou-speakers in [[Meghalaya]] and [[Assam]].{{sfnp|Census of India, Language|2018|p=48}}
*Hangsing
*Chongloi
*Khongsai
*Kipgen
*Langiung
*Sairang
*Thangngeo
*Haokip
*Sitlhou
*Touthang
*Haolai
*Singson (Shingsol)
*Lhouvum
*Mate
*Lhungdim
*Baite
*Guite
*Kholhou
*Changsan
*Singsit
*Hanghal/Lhanghal
*Doungel
*Milhiem
*Dimngel
*Lunkim
*Lhoujem
*Lotjem
*Saimar
*Lhangum
*Lenthang
*Sa’um
*Lhangum
*Ngailut
*Insun
*Jongbe
*Khuongthang
*Tuboi
*Kilong/Kiloung.


In addition, many Thadou language-speakers are also believed to list their language as "Kuki" in the census.{{sfnp|Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity|2012|pp=67–68}} The 2011 census lists 83,968 "Kuki" language-speakers, who are mostly distributed in the states of [[Nagaland]], Manipur and Assam.{{sfnp|Census of India, Language|2018|p=40}}
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


===Other sources===
== Bibliography ==
* {{citation |title=Language: India, States and Union Territories (Table C-16) |publisher=Registrar General of India |year=2018 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42458/download/46089/C-16_25062018.pdf |ref={{sfnref|Census of India, Language|2018}}}}
*Shaw, William. 1929. Notes on the Thadou kuki.
* {{citation |last=Haokip |first=Seilen |title=The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture |pages=89– |year=2012 |editor=Thongkholal Haokip |chapter=What Price, Twenty Years of Peace in Mizoram (1986–2006): A Kuki Perspective |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hp4hWrL-JOEC&pg=PA89 |publisher=Bookwell |isbn=9789380574448 |ref={{sfnref|Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace|2012}}}}
*Shakespear, J. Part I, London, 1912, The Lushai Kuki Clans. Aizawl : Tribal Research Unit.
* {{citation |last=Haokip |first=Ngamkhohao |title=Politics of Tribe Identity with reference to the Kukis |journal=Journal of North East India Studies |volume=2 |number=2 |pages=64-73 |year=2012 |url=https://www.academia.edu/4204259 |via=academia.edu |ref={{sfnref|Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity|2012}} }}
*Tribal Research Institute. 1994. The Tribes of Mizoram. (A Dissertation) Aizawl: Tribal Research Institute, Directorate of Art and Culture.
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* Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."
*The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D.
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*Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857). entitled "A slight notice of the Grammar of Thadou or New Kookie language."


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 26 December 2024

Thadou people
Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,000–313,000 in India[1]
Regions with significant populations
India, Myanmar and BangladeshManipur, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura
Languages
Thadou
Religion
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe)
Related ethnic groups
Zo people  · Chin  · Kuki  · Mara  · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong  · Mizo

Thadou people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a particular clan among the Thadou Kukis. Other clans include Haokip, Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.[2][3][4]

Distribution

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According to the 2011 census of India, there are 229,340 Thadou language-speakers in the country. The vast majority of them (97.6%) are in the state of Manipur.[5] Within Manipur, they make up the largest single tribe, forming about 19% of all its Scheduled Tribes.[6] There are also significant numbers of Thadou-speakers in Meghalaya and Assam.[5]

In addition, many Thadou language-speakers are also believed to list their language as "Kuki" in the census.[7] The 2011 census lists 83,968 "Kuki" language-speakers, who are mostly distributed in the states of Nagaland, Manipur and Assam.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Census of India, Language (2018), pp. 40, 48.
  2. ^ Shaw, William (1929), Notes on the Thadou Kukis, Government of Assam – via archive.org
  3. ^ Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace (2012), p. 95.
  4. ^ Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012).
  5. ^ a b Census of India, Language (2018), p. 48.
  6. ^ Michaud, Jean; Swain, Margaret Byrne; Barkataki-Ruscheweyh, Meenaxi (2016), Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif (2nd ed.), Rowman & Littlefield, p. 244, ISBN 9781442272798
  7. ^ Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012), pp. 67–68.
  8. ^ Census of India, Language (2018), p. 40.

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